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Greek

5138. trachus -- rough
... rough. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: trachus Phonetic Spelling:
(trakh-oos') Short Definition: rough Definition: rough, rugged, uneven. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3624. kelach -- firm or rugged strength
... 3623, 3624. kelach. 3625 . firm or rugged strength. Transliteration: kelach
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-lakh) Short Definition: vigor. ...
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7406. rekes -- perhaps roughness
... Definition: terrain. Word Origin from rakas Definition perhaps roughness
NASB Word Usage rugged terrain (1). rough place. From rakac ...
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4625. maaqash -- a twisted or crooked place
... Word Origin from aqash Definition a twisted or crooked place NASB Word Usage rugged
places (1). crooked thing. From aqash; a crook (in a road) -- crooked thing. ...
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Library

Jesus and his Forerunner.
... The Baptist was a wild, rugged man of the desert; the apostle was the representative
of the highest type of gentleness and spiritual refinement. ...
/.../miller/personal friendships of jesus/chapter iii jesus and his.htm

The Contemptuous Rejection.
... John was a great man. Made of the same rugged stuff as the old prophets, he was
more than they in being the King's own messenger and herald. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the contemptuous rejection.htm

The Valley of Achor
... The rugged valley, where that defeat and that sharp act of justice took place, was
named in memory thereof, the valley of Achor, that is, trouble; and our ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the valley of achor.htm

I Will Pass Then Beyond this Power of My Nature Also...
... smells by the avenue of the nostrils; all tastes by the mouth; and by the sensation
of the whole body, what is hard or soft; hot or cold; or rugged; heavy or ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter viii i will pass.htm

The Practical Side of Religion
... TALK THIRTY-FIVE. THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF RELIGION. The sun was slowly sinking toward
the western horizon while I wended my way up the rugged hillside. ...
/.../naylor/heart talks/talk thirty-five the practical side.htm

Kingo's Church Hymns
... By Thy resurrection glorious. In this rugged hymn Kingo is at his
best"fiery, vital, a master of imagery and graphic expression. ...
/.../aaberg/hymns and hymnwriters of denmark/chapter six kingos church hymns.htm

Climbing the Mountain
... there are rocks most sharp and steep which mortal strength can never chub, and there
are rugged ravines so tangled with briars and so bestrewn with flint ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/climbing the mountain.htm

Philippians i. 1, 2
... If thou encourage him both by supplying his needs, and by doing him every possible
service. For then the smoother of that rugged path will be thyself. ...
/.../homily i philippians i 1.htm

The Shadow of Disappointment.
... The light of romance, that glorified all things in the future, recedes as they advance,
and they come upon rugged paths of fact"upon plain toil and daily care ...
/.../chapin/the crown of thorns/the shadow of disappointment.htm

Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia.
... upon, the Council has not met, but a second edict was issued, convening the Western
Bishops at Ariminum in Italy, and the Eastern at Seleucia the Rugged, as it ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/councils of ariminum and seleucia.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.

2. (n.) Not neat or regular; uneven.

3. (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.

4. (n.) Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.

5. (n.) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.

6. (n.) Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.

7. (n.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.

8. (n.) Violent; rude; boisterous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.

9. (n.) Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.

Thesaurus

Rugged (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points,
or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road. ...
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Territory (140 Occurrences)
... the Beth-horon pass, and, after crossing the central plateau near el Jib (Gibeon)
and er Ram (Ramah of Benjamin), runs down the deep and rugged Wady SuweiniT ...
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Forest (67 Occurrences)
... See PARADISE. (3) ya`ar from root meaning "rugged"; compare Arabic wa`ar, "a rugged,
stony region." It is sometimes rendered "forest" and sometimes (but less ...
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Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)
... A rugged region, corresponds to the Hebrews Argob (qv), the Greek name of a region
on the east of Jordan (Luke 3:1); one of the five Roman provinces into which ...
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Argob (6 Occurrences)
... as it has been called, of rock about 30 miles by 20, rising 20 or 30 feet above
the table-land of Bashan; a region of crags and chasms wild and rugged in the ...
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Gilead (130 Occurrences)
... The Arabic jilead means "rough," "rugged." (1) A city named in Hosea 6:8; Hosea
12:11, possibly to be identified with Gilead near to Mizpah (Judges 10:17). ...
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Zeboim (7 Occurrences)
... It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain. (2.) A valley or rugged
glen somewhere near Gibeah in Benjamin (1 Samuel 13:18). ...
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Obdurate (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Hardened in feelings; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked. 2.
(a.) Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. 3. (vt) To harden. ...
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Jordan (188 Occurrences)
... from 40 to 150 feet. Through it the Jordan flows in a rapid, rugged, tortuous
course down to the Dead Sea. The whole distance from ...
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Levelled (5 Occurrences)
... 5 Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill levelled down, the
crooked places shall be turned into straight roads, and the rugged ways into ...
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Bible Concordance

Rugged (7 Occurrences)

Luke 3:5 Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill levelled down, the crooked places shall be turned into straight roads, and the rugged ways into smooth;
(WEY)

Psalms 68:15 The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 68:16 Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
(WEB NIV)

Song of Songs 2:17 Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.
(See RSV NIV)

Isaiah 7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all pastures.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
(See JPS NAS)

Subtopics

Rugged

Related Terms

Territory (140 Occurrences)

Forest (67 Occurrences)

Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)

Argob (6 Occurrences)

Gilead (130 Occurrences)

Zeboim (7 Occurrences)

Obdurate (2 Occurrences)

Jordan (188 Occurrences)

Levelled (5 Occurrences)